Pierre Loiselle, Doug Miller, Gwen Schulman, CKUT 90.3 FM
Small Little Foot Soldiers
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A 5-part audio documentary: former activists tell how they built Canada’s movement against apartheid in South Africa. When Nelson Mandela died, members of the political elite in Canada rushed to take credit for playing a role in ending the odious system of apartheid. But the story is more complicated, and much more beautiful than that. Indeed, it was regular Canadians from coast to coast to coast, student organizers, union activists, members of churches and women’s groups and so many others - what one activist referred to as a string of pearls across the country - who drove the divestment campaigns, the demands for sanctions, the boycotts of South African products. Who built the Canadian anti-apartheid movement. Small Little Foot Soldiers is a 5-part audio documentary series funded in part by the Community Radio Fund of Canada’s Radiometres grant. Based on over 50 interviews collected over several years with former anti-apartheid activists from across the country, this series by CKUT FM’s Amandla! Radio Collective brings critical reflection on movement building for today’s struggles. ***** Small little foot soldiers fought apartheid. Union activists mobilizing the labour movement in solidarity with South African workers. Church members responding to the call by South African women: “Tell your people to boycott everything.” Students taking over council to force divestment. People going to the front lines to quietly keep safe houses and move materials into South Africa. And students with no radio training starting a show, and keeping it on CKUT for over 30 years. That show, Amandla! Radio, now presents Small Little Foot Soldiers: A People's History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Canada. Five episodes, every Monday from November 9 to December 7, wherever you get your podcasts, and on CKUT 90.3 FM Wednesdays at 7 p.m. from November 11. Trailer out now, link in bio. #AntiApartheid #CommunityRadio #Montreal #CanadianHistory #Podcast
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